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News & Articles on Burma, Thursday, 10 September, 2009
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Chinese Pipelines in Burma to Push Ahead Amid Criticism
China says no involvement in Myanmar’s domestic issues
Three prisoners from 2007 uprising released
China’s troubles
Report: Pipeline pumps billions in Myanmar junta’s pockets – Summary
Myanmar junta siphons gas revenue offshore-report
China tip-off ’sparked’ fighting
Junta Gas Profits Stashed in Singapore Banks: ERI
Junta Media Highlights North Korean Anniversary
Danok Pagoda’s Fate is Unknown
US [...]
Recent Burmese News – 090910
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Dhaka disputes maritime boundary claims of India, Myanmar
Bangladesh has sent a diplomatic note to the UN against Myanmar’s maritime boundary claim on the extended continental shelf in the Bay of Bengal and will soon register its protest against India’s claim there.
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Pipeline pumps billions in Myanmar junta’s pockets [...]
Group says Myanmar hid billionsin gas revenues
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Group says Myanmar hid billions in gas revenues
By GRANT PECK, AP
posted: 1 HOUR 1 MINUTE AGOPrintShareText SizeAAABANGKOK -An environmental activist group accused Myanmar’s ruling military junta on Thursday of hiding about $4.8 billion in unreported earnings from natural gas projects with foreign oil companies in overseas banks.
EarthRights International — which links human rights to environmental [...]
Operation (Sangha League)
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NDF condolence letter to Wa leader Kyaut Nyi Lai
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Ceasing Burma’s ceasefires?
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September 10th, 2009 : Author: Nicholas Farrelly
In the past fortnight Burma’s State Peace and Development Council (SPDC) decided to stop pulling its punches with some of the ‘ceasefire groups’ that share its territory.
The first of these ceasefires was agreed as the Communist Party of Burma fractured in the late 1980s. Since then, these agreements [...]
NEW REPORTS LINK TOTAL AND CHEVRON TO FORCED LABOR AND KILLINGS IN BURMA, DESPITE FLAWED IMPACT ASSESSMENTS
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ERI PRESS RELEASE
EarthRights International Reveals Burmese Regime Hiding Multi-Billion Dollar Gas Revenues in Two Offshore Banks in Singapore
September 10, 2009, Bangkok, Thailand — EarthRights International (ERI) released two reports today linking oil giants Total and Chevron to forced labor, killings, high-level corruption and authoritarianism in military-ruled Burma (Myanmar). For the first time, ERI reveals that [...]
China Pushes Burma Pipelines Amid Criticism
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September 9, 2009 : Antoaneta Bezlova, Inter Press Service
BEIJING, Sep 9 (IPS) – Despite fresh international criticism of Beijing’s backing for as unpopular a regime as the Burmese junta, China sees its alliance with the country’s military as a matter of simple economic expediency and is determined to forge ahead with controversial joint dual oil [...]
Than Shwe’s favourite grandson’s arrogant & bullying behaviours
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National League for Democracy party wants offices reopened
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National League for Democracy party wants offices reopened
Now or Never in Cyprus
Posted in WORLD Digest on Sep 9th, 2009 No Comments »
by Suat Kinikliogu
- Suat Kiniklioglu is Deputy Chairman for External Affairs for Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party and spokesman of the Foreign Affairs committee of the Turkish Parliament.
ANKARA – Cyprus is back on the international agenda, with leaders of the island’s rival Greek and Turkish communities engaged in intense [...]
News on Migrants & Refugees- 9 September, 2009 (English & Burmese)
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NEWS ON MIGRANTS
A ticking time-bomb no one’s defusing
NEWS ON REFUGEES
MYANMAR: Doing good in the Ayeyarwady River Delta
Rohingya refugees selected for resettlement in New Zealand
UNICEF takes initiative to spread education in Burmese refugee camps
Update: TBBC & UNHCR Border Map & Populations (Aug 2009)
Abuse in Pa’an District, Insecurity in Thailand: The dilemma [...]
Recent Burmese News – 090909
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Turtle thought to be extinct spotted in Myanmar
In this 2009 photo released by the Wildlife Conservation Society, juvenile Arakan Forest turtles are observed in the wild in Myanmar by a team of scientists led by the Wildlife Conservation Society.
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China-Myanmar pipeline project to begin amid criticism
Despite a [...]
News & Articles on Burma, Wednesday, 9 September, 2009
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Wa Units in Southern Shan State Build Defenses
Win Tin Speaks Out
Propaganda and the Burmese Media
NLD Seeks to Organize Political Activities across Burma
Myanmar claims Chinese intelligence led to Kokang conflict
China, Myanmar border on a conflict
Refugees from Burma grow vegetables, and dreams
Myanmar says Kokang to become autonomous region
Suu Kyi’s party hopeful of her release
An ‘Election’ Burma’s People [...]
An ‘Election’ Burma’s People Don’t Need
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An ‘Election’ Burma’s People Don’t Need
By U Win Tin
(www.washingtonpost.com)
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
Much attention has been focused on Sen. James Webb’s recent visit to my country and his meetings with Senior Gen. Than Shwe and incarcerated Nobel Peace Prize recipient Aung San Suu Kyi. I understand Webb’s desire to seek a meaningful dialogue with the [...]
BURMA RELATED NEWS – SEPTEMBER 09, 2009
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The Washington Post – An ‘Election’ Burma’s People Don’t Need
The Australian – For China, Burma is thorny territory
AP – Myanmar says Chinese tip-off led to border clash
Reuters – Myanmar junta asserts control over rebellious region
AFP – WHO warns of winter swine flu surge in Asia
AFP – Globalisation threatens indigenous foods: [...]
Thinking of US Policy on Burma
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By Prof Kanbawza Win
Kanbawza Win (a) Dr Ba Than Win is a former secretary of foreign affairs to the Burmese prime minister. He is now the Dean of AEIOU program (the Burmese University in Diaspora) at Chiangmai University Thailand, and an adjunct professor of the School of International Studies at Simon Fraser University of [...]